About NetBSD/next68k
NetBSD/next68k is a port of NetBSD to the 'black' 68k NeXT hardware.
It currently only runs on 68040 NeXT systems using non-ADB keyboard and
mouse. There is experimental support for turbo NeXT machines (33Mhz) in
NetBSD-current.
Darrin B. Jewell is the maintainer of NetBSD/next68k.
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Supported System Models
Only non-ADB keyboards and mice are supported.
- NeXTcube (NeXT_X15 - 25 Mhz 68040)
- NeXTstation, a.k.a. slab (NeXT_WARP9 - 25 Mhz 68040)
- NeXTstation Color, a.k.a. color slab (NeXT_WARP9C - 25 Mhz 68040)
- NeXTcube Turbo (NeXT_TURBO_MONO - 33 Mhz 68040 )
- NeXTstation Turbo, a.k.a. turbo slab (NeXT_TURBO_MONO - 33 Mhz 68040)
- NeXTstation Color Turbo, a.k.a. color turbo slab
(NeXT_TURBO_COLOR - 33 Mhz 68040)
Supported Hardware
- Serial interfaces
-
zs; Zilog 8530 serial ports, which can be used as
the system console if desired
- Framebuffers
-
nextdisplay; 2 bpp mono (NeXTcube, NeXTstation, and
NeXTstation Turbo)
-
nextdisplay; 16 bpp color (NeXTstation Color and
NeXTstation Color Turbo)
- Network interfaces
-
xe; On-board 10 Mbps ethernet
- SCSI interfaces
-
esp; On-board ESP100A SCSI controller
- Input devices
-
nextkbd; non-ADB keyboard
- Miscellaneous
- Battery-backed real-time clock
Available Projects
Anyone else interested is more than welcome to lend a hand -
particular projects of interest include:
- Better installation tools, now that SCSI works
- ADB keyboard and mouse support
-
Support for non-512 byte sector disks since NeXTSTEP
disks are typically formatted this way
- Bring der Mouse's
X
server into the tree
- 68030 support in locore.s
- Floppy driver & support for floppy install
- NeXT/OPENSTEP binary compatibility (using COMPAT_DARWIN as a
starting point)
- Optical drive support (Canon MO drive)
- NeXTprinter support
- NeXTdimension support
- sound support
- DSP support
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